Technical publications carry a higher obligation to accuracy than opinion journalism: a wrong configuration value or misattributed benchmark can cause real engineering failures in production systems. This policy defines how PubEngine.ai identifies, acknowledges, and corrects errors — and how readers can participate in that process.
ERROR CLASSIFICATION
How We Classify Errors
We apply a three-tier classification that determines response time and correction prominence:
| Class | Definition | Examples | Response time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical | Error that could cause production system failure, security vulnerability, or data loss if followed | Wrong NGINX directive disabling TLS; SQL query with an injection vector; PHP-FPM parameter causing worker exhaustion | Within 24 hours of confirmation |
| Significant | Factual error that materially misrepresents a technology, benchmark, or architectural principle | Incorrect version number for an API behaviour; wrong unit in a performance metric; misattributed benchmark | Within 72 hours of confirmation |
| Minor | Typographical, grammatical, or stylistic error with no technical impact | Misspelled function name in descriptive text; broken hyperlink; punctuation error | Next scheduled review cycle |
CORRECTION PROCESS
How Corrections Are Applied
- Verification. The reported error is independently verified against primary sources (documentation, live testing, source code). We do not issue corrections based on unverified reports, but we investigate all credible submissions promptly.
- Article update. The incorrect content is corrected in place. The original erroneous text is not preserved in the article body.
- Correction notice. A correction notice is added to the article: Correction [date]: [what was wrong and what the correct information is]. Reported by [name/handle if consented, otherwise “a reader”].
- Version annotation. The article “last updated” date is revised to reflect the correction date.
- Critical corrections. For Class 1 errors, a prominent warning banner is added at the top of the article until the correction is fully validated.
WHAT WE DO NOT DO
No Stealth Edits
We do not silently modify published articles to remove or alter technical claims without a correction notice. Every substantive change to a published article — other than minor typographical fixes — is logged via the correction notice format described above. Readers who cited an article in their own work deserve to know what changed and when.
HOW TO REPORT AN ERROR
Submitting a Correction Report
Send an email to [email protected] with the subject line Correction: [article title]. Your submission should include:
- The full URL of the article
- A precise quote of the erroneous passage
- Your proposed correction, with a reference to the primary source that supports it (documentation URL, RFC number, test result, etc.)
We acknowledge all correction submissions within 48 hours and provide a decision — correction accepted, rejected with reasoning, or under investigation — within the timeframes above. Readers who submit confirmed corrections are credited by name or handle in the correction notice, unless they prefer anonymity.
We do not accept corrections submitted in bad faith to remove accurate content that is commercially unfavourable to a third party. Disputes about editorial interpretation — as opposed to verifiable factual errors — are handled through the feedback process described in our Editorial Standards.
This policy applies to all content published on pubengine.ai. Published by Redbit S.r.l.s. — Last updated: June 2026.